Tennessee § 57-9-110 - Notice when name of owner unknown.

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§ 57-9-110. Notice when name of owner unknown.

If the name of the person transporting, receiving or possessing intoxicating liquors which have been seized in accordance with this part be unknown to the sheriff or other officer seizing the same, then, in that event, the sheriff or other officer taking possession of the same shall so certify in the statement required to be filed by § 57-9-104 , and the clerk of such circuit or criminal court shall give notice to whom it may concern by notice posted at the courthouse door of the county within which such liquors were seized, setting forth in substance that such liquors have been seized in accordance with this part, and notifying all persons claiming same to do so within thirty (30) days from the date of the posting of such notice, and that if they fail to do so, they will forfeit all right in and to the same and that condemnation and forfeiture thereof will be in the nature of proceedings in rem. Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 6; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b6; Code 1932, § 11229; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-611.

Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 57-9-110 ("Notice when name of owner unknown.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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